John J. Tigue Jr.
Principal
(212) 880-9450
John J. Tigue, Jr. is a leader in the field of tax-fraud litigation, with extensive experience in handling complex civil and white-collar criminal matters in state and federal court as well as litigating civil tax controversies for individual and corporate clients.
Mr. Tigue received an LL.B. from New York University School of Law and became a certified public accountant in 1966. After serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, a member of the Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, Central Screening Committee for the 18-B Panel, and a senior partner at another firm, Mr. Tigue joined Morvillo Abramowitz as a principal in 1994.
Mr. Tigue co-authored the book Dirty Money: A Study in White Collar Crime (Simon and Schuster, 1975) and authored the chapter on tax crimes in White Collar Crime: Business and Regulatory Offenses (Law Journal Seminars – Press, 1990). Co-author of the “Tax Litigation” column in the New York Law Journal, he has written numerous articles, including “Representing a Taxpayer Before the Criminal Tax Investigation Division Arrives” (Criminal Tax Fraud, 1997), “Trial of a Tax Fraud Case” (Georgetown University Law Center, 1996 and ABA Annual Institute on Tax Fraud, 2004), “Representing the Client During a Criminal Tax Investigation” (American Bar Association, White Collar Institute, 2000 and 2003), and “Ethics in Tax Practice” (National Institute of Criminal Tax Fraud, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2006). He has held the positions of lecturer at Harvard University Law School, adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School, and adjunct assistant professor of law at New York University Graduate School of Law. He frequently writes and speaks on tax fraud and related subjects and has regularly appeared as a commentator on Court TV.
Mr. Tigue is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellowship Admission Committee) and a member of the New York City Bar Association (past member of the Criminal Law Committee), New York County Lawyers’ Association (past member of the Federal Courts and Criminal Law and Procedures Committees), New York State Bar Association (past member of the Federal Courts and Tax Committees), American Bar Association (Taxation, Litigation, Criminal Justice and Antitrust Law Sections), and the Federal Bar Council. Mr. Tigue has been recognized in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, New York Magazine – The New York Area’s Best Lawyers, and New York Super Lawyers – Manhattan Edition.
He is admitted in New York and to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, various Courts of Appeals, the District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Tax Court.
